martha: in frozen minnesota. >> what do you do, they build a luge course, 25 miles an hour. need one of those at home. bill: well-done, guys. martha: see you tonight, everybody. >> breaking news on today's top headlines and brand new stories you will see here first. jon: the markets is selling off. the dow down triple digits as you can see. a look how wall street is reacting to the crisis in ukraine. scientists say a simple blood test could determine if you're about to die. the latest on a new research claims four chemicals in the blood can predict if death is right around the corner. the disappearance of a college student possibly linked to a man she recently met on a facebook dating site. we'll have the latest on the growing search. it is all "happening now."

jenna: well the dire situation in ukraine going from bad to worse as russia's black fleet now reportedly telling ukrainian forces in crimea to surrender or face military action. welcome to a brand new week. we're glad to see you. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. russia invading southern ukraine. its troops taking over airports on the crime mean peninsula and raising the russian flag over the peninsula. a move they call a declaration of war. secretary of state john kerry says the move sun acceptable and the u.s. is not ruling out any responses. amy kellogg joins from us kiev. amy? >> reporter: jon, top of it all the most intense fog has just descended upon kiev. we're right in front ever the independence square where all the protesters gathered all those months and there are a few hundred diehards out in the cold, trying to keep spirit up and drum up support for a united ukraine in the face of these threats.

the latest ultimatum coming to according to ukraine's defense ministry from russia's black sea fleet, saying if ukrainian bases don't evacuate by 5:00 p.m. local time, they will storm them, russian troops will storm them. given that most people acree at this point, russia has complete operational control over crimea, it is not clear what this latest escalation will accomplish. but it is also not clear from what we've been seeing what the endgame here is for russia. it is bizarre that it is almost old news that russian troops fanned out across crimea and surrounding ukrainian military bases. we're hearing disturbingly about other bases in eastern ukraine where russian flags are hosted in eastern ukraine. pro-russians took over a floor of a main administrative building. >> those who are in crimea and if they present any legal and i would raise it again, any legal power in

crimea, they try to squeeze ukrainian efforts, come to seize ukrainian property, tried to disarm the ukrainian army. >> reporter: there has been tough talk from western leaders like brit intaken's foreign -- britain's foreign secretary in the hague. secretary of state john kerry said world leaders are prepared to go to the hilt to isolate russia with respect to this invasion. g7 countries are suspending preparations for the g8 summit that is supposed to be held in sochi. besides sanctions there is little else they can do to apply pressure to russia. it is clear diplomacy is the only way to work this out but it is not clear what the sharpest, most effective tools in the diplomatic tool box. russia is paying price for its actions. the stock market went down 10% in moscow. that is the worst hit since 2008. it is down $58 billion since the close of business on friday. that is more than the

cost, jon, of the sochi olympics. so that is significant. meantime, back to diplomacy, there will be flury of it here in kiev this week. secretary of state john kerry is due here tomorrow. a delegation from the international monetary fund is arriving today and plans to spend about two weeks here trying to figure out ways to shore up ukraine's economy. and the e.u.'s foreign policy chief katherine ashton is planning another trip this week. all the wheels are in motion but escalation of all this military activity continues in crimea and other parts of eastern ukraine, jon. jon: whether diplomacy is important to vladmir putin is the central question here. amy kellogg, reporting live from kiev. thank you, amy. jenna: that is a big question. michael singh, is here. what do you see here as foreign policy progresses in ukraine? >> the independence of ukraine is obviously at

stake. amy mentioned that the possibility that russia will not just size crimea but further territory in ukraine. then of course there is something much broader at stake which is, can the west still respond to this type of aggression? you know, what message will this send not only to vladmir putin but, and will it deter him from further aggression but to other tyrants around the world? i think the west really needs to show it can step up, defend a country which is trying to go in a pro-western direction and really stand up to this kind of aggression still in the world. jenna: our current actions haven't deterred putin so far. we can see that with his threat to storm these military facilities in crimea in the next several hours, michael. what is the sharpest tool available to us to change course? >> well it is very difficult situation obviously, jenna, because putin is obviously very committed to this, willing to commit military force. you see from the united states and other western countries there are a lot of options on the table but probably military force is not

really one of them barring some significant escalation. jenna: is that smart, michael? or is that clearing putin hot if you will, to use military action because he knows basically no one else is willing to? >> at this stage, jenna, i think what the united states and europe want to do is deescalate the situation rather than escalate, obviously introducing that military aspect would mean. jenna: isn't putin escalating it so far? i get what you're saying isn't putin escalating it regardless what we're doing? independent what we're doing he is going in with his military and threatening even more so are we not willing? >> i think with we see now, jenna, the russian forces are well-entrenched in crimea and getting russian forces to withdraw from crimea will take a long time i think. what you want to do is deter russian forces going any further. you want to quickly show vladmir putin there is cost to be paid what is already done so he doesn't go further. use of military force would be a way to do that but one very risky to use.

what we haven't seen yet and what we need to see is very quick imposition of economic sanctions and other measures which are concrete because you know there is an economic cost or should be to everything that putin is doing. you see the ruble has already sort of gone through the floor. russian stocks are already suffering quite a bit. i think that will be the first recourse, to sort of deter any further aggression through those types of means. you can't of course take any option fully off the table depending how this thing progresses. >> talk us through the economic sanctions for example. sanctions are just one way to go. "wall street journal" editorial board say today kicking russia out of the g8 permanently. germany is feeling tentative. europe does a lot of business with russia, we do not. what would that look like over next 24 hours, something swift that would send a message? >> i think targeted sanctions against russian individuals. you know, people in congress, for example, have talked about the expansion of the sanctions, cancellation of the sochi gwhich is

already place. potential expulsion of russia from the g8. i think you're right, jenna, those economic sanctions if we broaden them to target russia as a country are things that will reverberate in the u.s. this is tremendous amount of --, this is not like sanctions on korea. we have to pay the price if he wants to reclaim his soviet-era empire that will come at the price of soviet-era sag nation economically, diplomatic isolation and so forth f he believes he can do this without really paying much of a price economically because we don't, you know, feel like we can pay that price, then it will be a repeat of perhaps of georgia where he went in, and really there wasn't much of a price and we went back to the russia reset. clearest thing, general florida there has to be tangible cost and has to be quick if we will deter further aggression. jenna: maybe the next 24 hours we're looking at

in particular. michael, real quick before i let you go, as we're exploring the stakes here one of the topics that hasn't gotten a lot of airtime, if, if ukraine could figure out a way to become closer to the west, if they can shrug off putin which is looking unlikely but maybe they could, one analyst is suggesting that could actually cause a tidal wave if you will into russia, where russia could see, some issues from the ground up, challenging the regime there now. do you think that is something that the west is considering here? >> well, i think that that is a very optimistic sort of assessment, jenna, because obviously russia had sort of tightened its grip on expression in russia. you see them blocking websites saying positive things about what is happening in kiev. there is very tight grip that the russian state is exerting on what is happening inside russia itself. i think best thing we can do, jenna, as a corollary to deterring russia is help government in kiev you can succeed.

that is ironies what putin has done. he now increases the incentive for the west to step up with financial and diplomatic and security assistance for ukrainian government perhaps, best eu and u.s. were asleep on this issue. jenna: great, michael. to have you on the program. thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. jon: well there was some good news over the weekend. california getting some much-needed rain as much of that state combats a record drought but it has been too much too fast unfortunately. entire communities put on high alert over fears of mudslides and flash flooding. will carr is live for us in los angeles. so, how bad was this storm, will? >> reporter: well, jon, the area got a lot of rain over the past five days and some residents in southern california may have learned a good lesson that it is possibly not a good idea to eat breakfast on a pier during the middle of a huge storm. check out video. video inside of a restaurant on a pier in

santa barbara. a wave the size after basketball goal crashed into the restaurant. it broke windows and sent diners running for the door. the community of azusa, which is 30 minutes east of l.a., had mud come crashing down a nearby hillside. it filled backyards around left residents wary. >> the rain could stop and we could have mudflows 24 hours plate later, two days later. depends how much saturation the mountain can hold. the mountain can give in. next thing you know a lost mud could flow. >> reporter: jon, residents will definitely keep an eye on that for the next day or two. jon: scary pictures there but the drought is still on, right? how much more rain would california need to get back to normal? >> reporter: well that's right. think about this. this is the most rain this area had since about december of 2010 but experts say we would need several more storms just like this before you could potentially get out of the drought.

there is some good news. the rain brought the los angeles region into about half its normal rainfall for the season. it also put an end to unusually long wildfire season. on saturday, governor jerry brown signed legislation freeing up water supplies to help residents impacted by the drought. those same residents hope for more rain in the future. the bad news, john, the forecast it will be nothing but sun out for immediate future. good news for volleyball players and surfers. bad news for the farm customers and ranchers who desperately need more rain. jon: if all the water runs down the street into the storm sewers it is not doing a lot of good. thanks very much. will carr. >> reporter: that's right. >> massive search now underway for a mission college student. why authorities are looking online in hopes of bringing her home. plus the cost of fixing obamacare exchange is piling up. we'll talk about the hefty price tag and how high it could go.

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jon: new information now on the rising price tag of obamacare. we are beginning now to get an idea of some of the costs of fixing the broken exchange. one case in point? the state of maryland. maryland could end up spending more than $30 million to set things right. continuing to pay subsidies to some consumers who may or may not be eligible. why? because it still can not determine who should get the subsidies. well now the administration it will spend some affordable care act rules to help the 14 states who have their own obamacare sites. all this with less than one month to go until the open enrollment deadline ends. a lease v. beck, staff writer for "the hill." end of march you're

supposed to sign up with the obamacare policy. for 14 of the states the exchanges are still not working. >> that's right, they're not working and state officials as well as the federal government are rushing to make sure that consumers who lack health insurance have access to the systems. we have less than a month to geoff we americans need health insurance or pay a fine next tax season. it is down to the wire. the federal government is expanding access to the subsidies to make health insurance more affordable in states with particular problems to the exchanges. this is just one of the steps the administration is going to take in order to make up for the botched rollout of those systems in october. we remember how bad that was, jon. jon: viewers should always be suspicious of anything that the federal government does on friday, particularly late on friday because that's when they release information they want to disappear over the weekend. people won't notice it

because they're going away or they're going to dinner on friday night or whatever. and by sunday morning it is old news. so on friday the administration says it is going to suspend some more of the obamacare rules that won't apapparently to these states that have such bungled exchanges. >> it is very interesting you mention the friday timetable. we've seen the obama administration use that time and time again particularly when it comes to obamacare's rollout. we remember the first major story that gave is hints the rollout was going poorly,. employer mandate delay, came out in regulations i on a friday afternoon that went completely unnoticed this is play by the obama administration to sort of down play the news and down play steps they're taking in order to make the rollout go a little better. as i said, we're going to see the administration to take steps to ease pressure on states and to make up for their own failures

last fall,. jon: we know they spent what, $300 million to build the original obamacare website. do we know how much it has cost to fix it or to try to fix it? >> i think that's a great question. in fact a few months ago we saw analysis by bloomberg government that said that it could cost as much as a billion dollars to fix the healthcare.gov website. that is staggererring number. it might be even higher than that, because there are glitches on the website, particularly on the back end that continue to be problematic for users. and so this is a situation where you can imagine if you're in the administration you're working on a condensed timetable. you're not work thinking about the cost necessarily. you want the problems fixed by the time open enrollment ends on march 31st. you can imagine throwing money at the problem without necessarily considering the impact, budgetary impact. jon: we're already in march. you have until the end of the month to sign up for open enrollment.

what happens to those people who don't? look i didn't have a working website, i was in maryland, whatever, i couldn't get on? >> yes there are some hardship exemptions and the rules of those are fairly technical. some of them have to do with income. for example, if your income is too low to file a tax return you do not need to have insurance under obamacare but for most people, they will end up paying a fine next year if they don't have health coverage by end of this month. now it is worth noting next year the fine will be pretty limited. it is $95 for the year, or 1% of your annual income, whichever is higher. but, in the next few years, that is going skyrocket to hundreds, even over $500 a year. so, that is why the obama administration is counting on people to certainly sign up, if not this year, 2014, certainly in 2015 and 2016 when the fines get very high. 1% income is high number for most people. >> that's right. jon: elise, thanks very

much. >> thank you, jon. jenna: a search underway for a missing college student. there is word her disappearance may be linked to a popular dating site. the clues police found so far. we're live at the breaking news desk with this story. plus, oscar highlights and most tweeted photo ever and photos that made history and all the memorable moments. julie banderas has the 411 coming up. comcast brought millions of people closer

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here. >> she was seen 3:30 in the afternoon. she can be seen on security videos walking across campus using her cell phone. cal state university police says she then pouredded an mta bus on campus, headed for downtown los angeles. she was reported missing two days later on saturday. she was supposed to meet her roommates thursday night to go bowling but she never showed up. at this point police say they don't suspect foul play but they reportedly say her disappearance may have occurred after she met a man on the dating app, tinder. the bus she boarded was headed to east olympic boulevard and soto street in the boyle heights section of l.a. investigators don't know why she was headed there. friends describe the bio chemistry major a smart girl focused on studying. they say this is completely out of character. the 19-year-old has no known mental health issues. she is described as hispanic with brown hair and brown ice. four foot 10, weighing 1 5 pounds. wearing a ping

sleeveless top, plaque pants and open-toed shoes and carrying a beige and brown purse. her roommates have not heard from her and as well as her family in san bernardino. flyers have been spread across the cal state family. they are hoping someone has information that will help find her. jenna? jenna: patti ann, we hope so. thanks. jon: hollywood's biggest night is now history for another year. we'll look at the oscar winners, losers and most talked about moments. let's bring in the oscar expert julie banderas. with the fox 411. >> ellen degeneres did a great job keeping audience laughing. had plenty of punchlines. take a listen. >> it is going so be an exciting night. anything can happen. so many different possibilities. possibility number one, "12 years a slave" wins best picture. [cheers and applause] possibility number two, you're all racists.

[laughter] >> then there were ellen's selfie es on twitter. this twitter beat the world record for most retweets of over a million, it momentarily froze twitter. the pizza delivery mid show, followed by ellen collecting money from the star-studded audience. had a lot of us laughing. perhaps my favorite ellen moment, when she came out dressed as the good witch glenda. as oscar celebrating 75th anniversary of the "wizard of oz." i could look at the video all days. there were awards handed out as well. jared leto won best supporting actor as a transgender aids patient in the texas drama, dallas buys club. disney animated hit, "frozen" won as best animated feature. lupita nyong'o won the oscar won best supporting actress in

"12 years a slave." cate blanchett won her second oscar playing a socialite in woody allen's "blue jasmine." matthew mcconaughey took home the best acting award for his performance in "dallas buyers club." he did a rare one in hollywood and said first and foremost he have wanted to thank god. "12 years a slave" won the oscar for best picture. we have to wait until the very end to see that one. no major surprises in the major category remembers. the show still ran long, lasting 3 1/2 hours, just past midnight. one funny tweet i read after it ended. just missed the end of steve mcqueen's beautiful speech because my dvr had a scheduled recording for pepa pig, good night, everyone. i enjoyed the joke as a parent that would easily happen to me. pepper pig cancels the oscars. nonetheless it was exciting night. not a lot of huge surprises though. jon: i liked part of the

show that saw but by 10:00 i was turning it off going to bed. >> you tuned out two hours too early. enjoy your sleep. i'm glad one of us did. jon: julie banderas, thank you. >> see you later. jenna: despite calls for russia to respect ukraine's policy we'll talk to a woman who written five books about russia and gives us insight what is going on inside the mind of vladmir putin. interesting comments from angela merkel, germany's chancellor what she thinks about putin. we'll ask our guest about that. if you could find out you're going to die, you're about to die, by submitting to a blood test, would you do it? scientists claim they may have found a so-called, death test. the medical and ethical implications ahead. captain obvious: i'm in a hotel. and a hotel is the perfect place to talk to you about hotels. all-you-can-eat is a hotel policy that allows you to eat all that you can. the hotel gym is short for gymnasium. the hotel pool is usually filled with water.

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jon: right now a quick look what's still to come. the dow down triple digits this morning. we'll have the full breakdown on how wall street is reacting to the crisis in ukraine. have scientists discovered what they call a death test? what they're saying about your longevity if you have these four compounds in your blood. and a cold case heats up. latest on the search for a tennessee girl abducted more than three years ago. jenna: top story today, ukraine and the world watching and wondering what can be done to stop russia's power play, if that's something we should even

get involved with. russian forces in control of a region. there are concerns it could go into the eastern part of the country. president obama has repeatedly warned the russian president to back off but so far, vladmir putin has ignored the president and the world, really, claiming he's protecting russian citizens. joining me now, author of the kbbj, police and politics in the soviet union and expert on russia and mike baker, former . c.i.a. covert operations officer, it's nice to have you both on set today to talk about this. we're talking about our interpretation of what's happening in eastern europe. how are the russians interpreting what's happening? what is the feeling from that country? >> well, of course, i think it's one half distinguished between how vladmir putin and the rest of the kremlin views the situation and russian people at

large. jenna: how does vladmir putin? >> i think mr. vladmir putin is talking -- he's pretty bellicose and he famously said when he first became president in 2000 that he regretted -- one of his biggest regrets was the dissolution of the soviet union so i think he feels that ukraine is definitely part of russia's spirit influence and he's feeling very assertive. jenna: how do we confront this, if at all? >> we have very few opgs in this. look. we've been under estimating and misunderstanding vladmir putin since he came into power. in twooi -- 2005 he gave a speech and he said the biggest thing was the collapse of the soviet union. his mindset is about recapturing some elements of the ussr. so three years after he made that statement, that speech, russian troops rolled into georgia. what was the end result? they ended up with two republics

under russian control. pulled them away from georgia. so in his mind, this is standard policy almost. this is what he does. and we have never understood that. jenna: and that's an interesting question for you as someone that worked for the c.i.a. that pulls together intelligence and information. why do we keep underestimating him? >> it's a great question and part of the answer is, sort of a 30,000 foot level. we tend to mirror or values and we hope that they're going to behave in some fashion as we do and somehow we're all going to hold hands and sing. there's no unicorns and rainbows here. russians think and vladmir putin thinks, according to his own best interest. as far as he's concerned, expanding their reach, recapturing some of that area, he never believed the cold war ended and we want to make fun of the cold war. president obama was talking about that with mitt romney. jenna: that is one of the statements that was made during the debates and it's been

something that's been echo by this administration recently saying this isn't cold war politics. it's been interesting that germany's chancellor merkel said in her conversation with vladmir putin she didn't think he was in touch with reality. if that's the case, then how do we talk to him? what would be effective to provoke a change off the course right now which looks like an invasion? >> i agree with her impressions. i can understand that. if you look at it from just purely power politics, i don't think this move of the kremlin really makes that much sense. jenna: really? >> they already had their black see fleet there. they had plenty of influence as to what was going on and this whole excuse of saying that they're going in to protect the interests of the russian speaking population is just propaganda. jenna: what do you think it's about then? >> i think that vladmir putin

and, you know, his supporters were very upset about the overthrow and they're nervous that the ukraine is going to move closer to the west. this is just a way of asserting -- you know, asserting their interests. i don't necessarily think, though, they're going to go further into the ukraine. i do not think so. jenna: do you agree? >> i don't want to disagree with angela merkel but i do disa grow with this not being his right mind. this is what he does. now they'll be urn the umbrella. jenna: the crucial 24 hours and really the next 24 hours are particularly crucial. we had this threat from russia they're going urther into the area which you're seeing on the screen right now. what's the best way to go? economic sanctions? is that the way we address this? what do we do? >> the time to address this

would have been when vladmir putin first came into power. the administration has a strong consistent understanding of russia and the concept that just because we were happy the cold war ended supposedly, that's not how they were viewing that. certainly not how vladmir putin was viewing it. we don't have any points of leverage now. we talk about moving them out of the g 8. that's not going to happen. jenna: you think, amy, that money does talk here. >> i do and i think that remember, key element of this political support for vladmir putin are these very wealthy officials and businessmen. they don't want to be told that they could no longer put their kids in private school and the u.k. or fly to washington and they want western investment. and remember also, vladmir putin spent over $50 billion on the olympics. purely, i think, so enhance russia's image with the west. now it's going down the tubes. so i don't know.

i think it's -- as i say, i think some things that president vladmir putin has done don't strike me as all that rational. >> the only thing that changes his mind is the price of oil. you get the price of oil down to whatever it may be, whatever the number is, $70 a barrel, even below that, that's when you see a different russia. that's when you see a different vladmir putin and he's not as bellicose. right now with oil the way it is, that's what's driving the economy. they've got so much money, they'll put their kids someplace else. jenna: amy and i would like to go to dinner. at least we can get a little insight as well. obviously one of our big stories today and we'll talk more about the economy coming up. jon: mike has a lot of interesting friends, i think. would you like to be able to know how long you have to live? brand new research could lead to a simple blood test predicting your chances of dying in a fairly short period of time. what scientists just discovered

and the implications it could have.

jenna: news moves quickly these days. we have an update in the case of the missing california college student we told you about 20 minutes ago and looks like good news here. >> i am smiling over here. campus police at kal state university have confirmed to fox that adilene munguia has been found safe. she was seen on security videos walking across campus using her cell phone and then a corporal with the cal state university police said she boarded a bus on campus headed for downtown l.a. she was reported missing on saturday. she never returned to her on campus dorm. she was supposed to meet her roommates thursday night to go bowling. she never showed up. police said they did not suspect foul play. they said her disappearance may have met after she met a man on

a dating app. she's found safe a short time ago. campus police confirming to fox. jenna: thank you. jon: well, the doctor is in as researchers narrow down four chemicals circulating in the blood that may signal that your death is approaching. it sparks a real possibility that a blood test that could predict death might be developed. but that's not all. joining us now is the senior attending physician of emergency medicine at saint barnabas hospital. we're looking for fining signs of blood in the bloodstream that suggests you're headed for an early end. not necessarily trying to predict when you're going to die. >> right. and the goal wasn't to predict the specific day you're going to die. they were looking for common factors in people that they could use as a predictor to say, maybe your end is closer than we

actually thought.jon: a little l test or something like that. your doctor says your cholesterol is high. you should change your diet. >> sure. and what they found was that they did a study, it was actually two studies that were done. one was done where they looked at roughly 9,400 people. jon: pretty good study. >> yes. and they looked for common bio markers, different types of preteens, lipids that are in your blood and they were looking for ones that were common in people who died. and they found four that they narrowed down. jon: they went back five years later, saw how many people died and looked at their blood from five years earlier. >> and they had markers in the folks that were common. and what they figured out was, if you were in the top 20% of having those four bio markers at an abnormally high level, if you

were in that top 20%, you were 19 times more likely to die within the five-year period than you were if you had them in, say, a more normal level. jon: they mean virtually nothing to me but maybe you could explain what they are. very low density lipo protein, the particle size thereof, i should say, and citrate. what is it about those bio markers that tells you something? >> the interesting thing is, all four aren't associated. they figure those four may be associated with an index they're using like as a fragility index. if you have those four at an unusually abnormal rate, they assume your body is in a more fragile state and you have an increased incidence of dying within a five-year period. jon: it's not screening for any one individual method of demise

but whether it's cancer or heart disease or anything like that, these four bio markers sort of rose up in the bloodstreams of those people who are about to expire. >> an excellent way to put it. they weren't associated with one particular disease or death. what they were associated with was an increased chance of you dying in the five-year period. hopefully we can study them more. maybe they can figure out if we can try to improve your chances of survival if you're running around with these four markers. jon: it's not about telling people, you have exactly 73 days to leave. >> imagine the moral and ethical quests of those. jon: most people don't want to know, do they? >> that's right. but some go to psychics and fortune tellers and want to know. jon: i just get my palm read when it's time for that. thank you for coming. jenna: a big story out of south

africa today. we'll take you to south africa as testimony gets underway and listen to the arguments on both sides so far to find the truth in how oscar pistorius' girlfriend was killed and take a look at the markets today. a rough monday on wall street. a lot of reaction right now to the crisis in the ukraine. what a potential conflict halfway around the world could mean for your wallet coming up.

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jon: new information in the case of a missing tennessee nursing student. holly bobo has not been seen in three years. police and federal investigators just issuing new search warrants over the weekend. investigators were back at the home of zach adams digging for clues. they also searched the home of his great grandparents. adams arrested a number of time.

he was picked up by police a few days ago but the sheriff's office is not saying whether there's any connection to the bobo case. her brother said at the time she went missing, he saw her in the woods apparently being taken by a man dressed in camoflauge. her friends and members of her church are still holding out hope she will be found alive. anyone with information on holly's whereabouts is asked to call the tennessee bureau of investigation. 800-824-3463. just remember, what happened in ohio. jenna: right now the global markets are reacting to the crisis in the ukraine. you see oil prices up today over concerns the united states and threatening visa bans, trade restrictions as a part of a way to force russia to back off of ukraine. this can limit supplies of oil and natural gas.

russia's military action sent stocks into a downward spiral overseas. our dow is trending lower by more than 200 points. the big question today, dagen, is this all about the ukraine or is something else going on? >> a lot is about the ukraine and we should poind out the s&p 500 closed at a record on friday. the dow is down more than 200 points but it's natural to see investors sell first, ask questions later. oil is up at $105. russia is a critical supplier of natural resources, particularly to europe. oil and natural gas. let's not forget that russia is the third largest producer of oil in the world behind saudi arabia and the u.s. is the second largest exporter of oil in natural gas about a quarter of what you use comes from russia. a third of that comes through the ukraine so these are

legitimate concerns about any economic disruption that would come just from higher oil prices or a disruption of flows of oil and natural gas to western europe. jenna: that russia does face some sort of economic sanctions of some sort in those markets, who would be able to back those markets, if you will, and step in if russia is not able to do business as usual? >> that's the point. they don't -- the west doesn't want other suppliers to backfill or move in and supply russia with what it needs. now, in terms of supplying natural gas to europe, supplies are high in europe right now so there's cushion there. this is why our own energy independence is so critical at this point. we're importing the least amount of oil we have in almost 20 years. we're one year away or two years away from being the world's biggest oil producer because of these shield formations in the northern part of this country.

we can withstand any serious disruption or even price spikes of oil because of what is going on in the ukraine. jenna: and that's interesting because we're seeing germany and other european countries, they're concerned about what could mean for their economy, what kind of actions we all take, if we do, against russia. always great to see you. thank you. >> thanks. jon: it's been more than a year in the making but the oscar pistorius murder trial is underway now in south africa. the former olympian known as blade run other trial for the valentine's day death of his girlfriend. we will break down the first day of testimony for you.

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a new role for david petraeus. and yes, it's happening yet again. snow and ice hammering a big portion of the country. schools closed, travel nightmares. did i say again, a live report on the way and it's all "happening now." fox news alert on the crisis in ukraine. russia now in complete control of a section of that country and we're now hearing reports of an ultimatum from russian troops who are demanding two ukrainian warships surrender or face a full scale assault. hello. i'm jon scott. it's frightening in that part of the world right now. jenna: and the deadline emerging. i'm jenna lee. hope you're off to a good monday so far. pro russian military forces took an area in the southern ukraine in the crimea. no shots were fired. that area very important to both countries. for russia it's home to the

black sea navy fleet. unmarked pro russian troops surrounded three bases yesterday demanding ukrainian soldiers lay down their weapons. ukraine's acting prime minister calling it an act of war and calling up the country's reserves. all men under the age of 40 to prepare for combat. so far, russian president vladmir putin is defiant in the face of growing calls from around the world to respect ukraine's sovereignty, including calls from president obama who said vladmir putin is violating international law. eric is live at the united nations in new york, a busy weekend at the u.n. eric? >> that it is. russia and the ukraine on the brink. an emergency united nations security council meeting has been called for just over three hours from now. the russians have called that to try to deal with this conflict. this as the ukrainian ambassador to the united nations tells us that there is the threat of war. we sat down with the ukrainian

ambassador and he says that the ukraine will successfully defend itself, though he says his people and his nation and government do not want an armed conflict with russia. he is calling on world leaders to tell russian president vladmir putin to, quote, in his words, cool things down. he said russia violated international law and united nations principals with the illegal aggression against crimea and there's a looming possibility of war. it's clearly taken its toll. >> do you fear there could be war? >> well, i think to be -- even to they about that. prepare for what happened. we are preparing to defend ourselves. we are preparing to defend ourselves with the help of other partners. so the strong message is, in europe and the united states,

we're solid. >> the security council met on saturday without taking any action. it echos the invasion of the republic of george. the ambassador told me it's up to the international community, its responsibility to try to prevent a possible armed conflict. >> russian people don't want the conflict with ukraine, military conflict. a lot of families we have for them mixed families. so we are to stop the expansion of this aggression. >> as for vladmir putin's reason for going to the crimea, the ambassador dismissed that saying that he wants to protect the russian speaking people of that region. ambassador said that's why vladmir putin wanted to invade the united states, to protect the russian speaking people of brighton beach, brooklyn which

is a russian neighborhood there. as for any possibility of military action, he grou up in georgia and said his people do not want to go back to domination by moscow. that meeting in 3 1/2 hours. back to you. jenna: very telling and fascinating interview. thank you. jon: president obama sending secretary of state john kerry to kiev tomorrow in what is seen as a strong sign of support and solidarity with the ukrainian people. president obama spoke to vladmir putin for 90 minutes on saturday. that call ending essentially as it began with no deal for russia to leave ukraine. in washington, any military response seems out of the question right now. here is secretary of state john kerry when he was asked about that. >> when you come right down to it, what can we really do here? i mean, i don't suppose anybody thinks we're going to declare war on russia here and send

military forces in here. >> these are serious implications and i know from my conversations yesterday, every one of our allies and friends are determined to stay united and to make clear there is a price attached to this kind of behavior. jon: republican lawmakers in washington criticizing president obama's response thus far. republican senator graham is one of them saying that president obama needs to do more than just talk. listen. >> number one, stop going on television and trying to threaten thugs and dictators. it is not joous strong suit. every time the president goes on national television and threatens vladmir putin or anyone like vladmir putin, everybody's eyes roll, including mine. we have a weakened and indecisive president. president obama nedz to do something. how about this? suspend russian president in the g 20 starting right now and for

every day they stay in the crimea, add to the suspension. do something. jon: joining us now is bret baier, host of "special report" here on fox news channel. we heard secretary of state kerry say that the u.s. and its allies are determined to stay united, bret, but what do you do after that? united about what? >> well, jon, the main focus is on economic pressure on russia and there are a number of different levers they can pull. senior administration officials saying that they can, as you just heard senator graham say, threaten the membership to the g 8 and they're already pulling out of preliminary meetings to attend the g 8 summit in sochi, russia, in june. that is significant. if they get allies to do the same thing. they're stopping trade talks with russia. they could also freeze assets and if you get to that point,

the russian banks are vulnerable and they get to that action, that is a significant move. they're not there as far as we can tell yet but once you get to that point, vladmir putin would be feeling that because there's a lot of russian assets outside of russia. jon: kate mc farland says that ronald reagan broke down the berlin wall and hastened the end of the soviet union by economic warfare against the soviet union. the russian economy is in a shambles right now. is it possible that the west can apply enough economic pressure to make vladmir putin change his mind? >> definitely. and that's, i think, where this administration is heading and with enough allies signing on, i think that's why the president was working the phones over the weekend with another allies signing on, there's clearly an

economic hammer that can be used here. you're right. the russian economy is vulnerable. the ruble fell about 8 1/2% already this year and despite their plentiful oil and natural gas, the economy itself is shaky. so you can attach that pressure. now, can vladmir putin absorb that and still go forward? even if the threats, it does not seem like he is slowing down and by all indications on the ground, there are protests popping up in other parts of the ukraine, not just crimea but closer to the capitol in the east and northern parts of that country and if that starts happening and russian forces are taking part, you know that vladmir putin is expanding that military invasion. jon: i'm eager to hear what your panelists have to say tonight. thanks. puck catch bret baier each

weeknight on "special report." tonight you know that ukraine is going to dominate. 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. jenna: so much can change in just a few hours. top republican raises new questions about the f.b.i.'s investigation into david petraeus. he is questioning on eric holder, when he learned along with petraeus about the investigation. there's concern among lawmakers that the f.b.i. investigation could put pressure on petraeus over benghazi as he was a key player in understanding the obama administration's decision making in the days after the attack. here to explain all of that is our correspondent. >> thank you. this began last may when congressman pushed eric holder to investigate why the f.b.i. investigation into petraeus was still open. petraeus resigned in november of 2012 shortly after the benghazi attack and that was over an

affair with his bio grapher. virtually every question at that hearing, holder said he didn't know or couldn't remember, even when it came to notifying the president. >> when was the president of the united states notified? >> it was much later. again, i'm not exactly certain but as i remember, like last fall, perhaps even early winter. again, don't hold me to exact -- >> and i appreciate that. and i'm not asking dates but the concern here is for months, and i realize it's loose here but for months, you knew about it but you didn't notify the president of the united states. why is that? >> because it was an ongoing criminal investigation. >> holder promised the congressman he would follow up. he questions why the petraeus case remains open 16 months

after the general resigned and whether there's a connection to benghazi. he said the justice department should also provide an answer, especially given the charges against mike morrell who is accused of misleading congress over the talking points and is likely to be recalled to testify before the house intelligence committee. >> in the context of benghazi, general petraeus knows a lot about what happened with those talking points and what was going on there at the c.i.a. but he's in silence mode because of this investigation. we want to get that done and i worry that the investigation is being held over his head to keep him quiet and that isn't right. >> we've asked the f.b.i., justice department and general petraeus for comment and as soon as we have that, we will report that as well. jenna: we look forward to that chapter. thank you. >> you're welcome. jon: now a fox news extreme weather alert and another fierce

storm slamming much of the country. take a look at the scene in lexington, kentucky. the snow there making for some treacherous travel conditions and causing several accidents as well. the storm creating a very different scene in oklahoma where a crew of professional photographers captured a lightning strike as the sleet was coming down. meanwhile, the east coast taking one of the hardest hits. they're expecting to get up to a foot of snow in some places. peter is in washington, d.c. which is getting its own snowstorm today. peter? >> and congress is closed. the votes that were scheduled for today have been postponed until at least tomorrow night. all federal offices in and around washington, d.c. are closed as well which means that a lot of federal employees are now enjoying a snow day or a throw-day weekend courtesy of the snow and you can see why. just across the street from the house and the senate in the middle of the road, there is just a lot of snow that is really sloppy and there's a lot

of ice that is really hard. and that's got road crews playing catchup because there was a lot of heavy rain overnight before this snow came and that prevented road crews from going out and pre-treating the surfaces. there's no point in pretreating a surface if the stuff that you put down is going to wash away. the plows and salt trucks we've seen not only balting the elements today but also trying to beat the clock. temps are going down. and road salt is only effective to a certain point. as the road surface gets to be 15 degrees fahrenheit or colder, then it really just does not have much of an effect. it does not melt the snow. something that is good, there's hardly anybody on the roads here in washington. bus service is suspended, commuter traens to and from virginia and maryland are not running and the situation at reagan national airport is closed receipt now. there's hardly any planes on

standby at this point because airlines saw this coming and they've got their planes parked elsewhere. jon: the airlines are apparently more prepared than the rest of us. jenna: some americans aren't losing faith in getting good health care. they're turning to their faith to do it. we'll tell you about a christian alternative to obamacare that's increasing in popularity. it's very interesting story. plus the murder trial begins for oscar pistorius. the star athlete accused of killing his girlfriend. pistorius's defense, it was an accident. the prosecutors say it was a cold blooded murder. they started their case today. our legal panel weighs in just ahead. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. yeah...

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other's medical bills and they're exempt from obamacare if you don't have insurance. here is more on how this all works. very interesting story. go ahead. >> it is. now, members of these health care sharing ministries, they say it works almost just like your typical insurance. they have a card, they have their annual deductible, monthly premium but they say it's cheaper than most other providers. in addition to sharing each other's major medical bills, members a degree to live a so-called biblical lifestyle, meaning regular church attendance, no drugs, alcohol or sex outside of marriage. since the launch of health care.gov, health care ministries have grown with more than 240,000 members in all 50 states. group says a big draw for christians is their plans don't cover many of the more controversial procedures that are covered under the affordable care act such as abortion.

>> some of the qualifying plans in the affordable care act are going to violate their conscience with some of the services that are mandated, that the insurance plans cover. i think they're going to be looking at health care sharing ministries as an alternative. >> critics say that people need to know they're not getting the same level of protection as they do with typical traditional insurance. preexisting conditions aren't covered along with regular costs such as annual checkups. because the groups aren't technically insurance providers, they're not legally required to pay any of the medical bills that are submitted. there's a point the ministries are also very open about. >> as religious as one might be, i want more than faith here. i want to make sure that if my child, if my spouse, if i need health care that i'll be able to get it without going bankrupt. >> the health care sharing

ministry medi share says in the 21 years it's been sharing bills, it's only had a handful of complaints about coverage. jenna: thank you. jon: so on the heels of the botched gun trafficking thing fast and furious, the alcohol, tobacco and firearms bureau faces another scandal. shocking report whom the organization was using in the undercover pragues. we're live with more on that. plus the trial begins for track star oscar pistorius accused of murdering his girlfriend. a neighbor describing the terror she heard next door the night of the killing. >> i woke up from a woman's terrible screams. just after that i heard four shots. it was four gunshots that i heard. so you're telling me your mom has a mom cave?

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jenna: the murder trial begins for olympic track star oscar pistorius. south african who is a double amputee and known around the world. he's accused off murdering his girlfriend. her family is in court to hear a neighbor testifying she heard a woman's blood curdling screams and then heard a man yell for help. before the sound of four gunshots the night of the killing. prosecutors say pistorius shot his girlfriend after a fight but the 27-year-old pair olympian said he shot by mistake, thinking she was an intruder in his home. >> about 14 february 2013, the district of victoria, accused

and unlawfully and unintentionally killed a person. >> how do you plead? >> not guilty, my lady. jenna: former prosecutor and a criminal defense attorney, the judge is central to this case. why is that? >> because the system of justice in south africa is quite different than ours. that job is the triar effect. there's no jury here. it's going to rely solely on the opinion of that one judge. jenna: and how would that change the way you would operate a court? would it change it if you were in front of this un judge versus an intoir jury? >> yes. it makes a difference. in fronts of a jury you have the ability to be a little moore emotional, a little more dramatic. with a judge, they're used to that. it doesn't have such an impact and normally, when you're in

front of a judge, you're more focused on getting your facts in but applying more law to it and you do less than that in front of the jury. it cuts both ways. there are benefits to both sides. even in this country, you can choose to have a judge trial instead of a jury trial. jenna: maybe a little less emotion because this is a very emotional case. a lot of people with a lot of opinions. here we see the neighbor repeating the story of what she says she heard that night. and the way i understood it is that she said that she heard a woman scream, then she heard gunshots and then she heard a call for help. how credible is this witness? what do you think it really does for this case, if anything? >> the crux of the testimony is going to be how reliable is this neighbor? now, on the one hand, one report says this neighbor was 600 yards away. six football fields away when the neighbor heard the commotion. a, is that reliable?

but b, if the neighbor did actually hear what she said she heard, it could help oscar pistorius because it says that he also screamed for help which would lend itself to give credibility to his theory that, look. i wasn't shooting my girlfriend. i was shuting -- shooting an intruder. jenna: there's no witnesses to this fact and oscar says he was the one to kill this woman. he doesn't deny that. what do you think this case will come down to? do i agree that this neighbor could help oscar in the long run? >> i don't know that the neighbor could help. if her testimony is credible, she was able to hear blood curling screams before she heard bullets which lends itself more to a fight and an argument between the two of them than somebody who just woke up in the middle of the night and thought he was being burglarized so i think it helps the prosecutor if the witness appears to be

credible. what i think this case is going to come down to is the forensics. oscar pistorius, was he on his blades or not? and also, there was some testimony but i can't nail it down, that the bathroom door was locked. if the bathroom door was locked from the inside, why would it be -- if you're going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, do you generally lock the bathroom door or just close it? there's some interesting questions that i'm waiting to hear the testimony about and how those answers evolve. jenna: that's an interesting point. that's where the cricket bat comes in. he tried to break down the door to get to her in the inside. what about the forensics in this case? they've had to pull off -- they had to pull off one of the detectives in it because he wasn't careful enough at the crime scene. how crucial is the forensics to what we've seen in this case? >> the forensics and the expert testimony is going to bolster either side of this case. so for starters, there's no way

that oscar cannot testify. he's going to have to take the stand. that's the only way that he can explain what's going on inside his head. we could have experts that will bolster his claim that wait a minute, i thought it was an intruder. no beef with my girlfriend and that will obviously help the defense. going back to the bathroom question, and i a degree, there are a lot of unanswered questions in this case. i find it odd that if a girl is sleeping with a boyfriend in a bed and they're having a fight and she wants to get away, do you lock yourself in a bathroom where you're a sitting duck or do you run out of the bedroom and out of the house if you're having that kind of a heated argument? i think there are a million questions that need to be answered three to six weeks. jenna: a final thought? >> well, to that point, i think if you're that in fear, you run to the closest place that you can have safety and who knows if she even knew he had a gun or thought he would actually use it against her? i don't know. there are a lot of unanswered questions. i'm very interested to see what transpires in this trial.

jenna: one of the things that oscar pistorius says, he remembers there was a ladder outside and that the bathroom window was open and he was putting that all together as he rushed there and fired the shots. we'll see what the judge thinks. certainly see what happens over the next several weeks. great to have you both. thank you. >> thank you. jon: in a move that goed serve to only escalate the crisis in ukraine, russia now reportedly demanding two ukrainian warships surrender. this as pro russian forces continue to move through a key part of southern ukraine. we're live on the ground there next. and president obama not just dealing with a crisis in russia. he's also meeting today with israeli prime minister netanyahu. more on their meeting and a warning about a proposed peace deal. that's coming up. huh...fifteen minutes could

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jon: now a fox news alert. new video just in to fox. prush an president vladmir putin arrived in st. petersburg to supervise russian war games there. reports of an ultimatum from russia demanding at least two ukraine un warships in the crimea region surrendering by 10:00 p.m. eastern time or face

an all scale assault. russia has full control of the area. unidentified pro russian troops have flooded crimea since saturday, occupying key airports, roads and even surrounding ukrainian bases. joining me by phone from inside the crimea region, fox news radio producer. jessica, you're in one of the key cities in the region. what are the russian troops doing and are there more arriving? >> there are absolutely more of them arriving. i'm in the south right near the black sea and as of yesterday, russian troops basically came in and captured a military base just east of me, an infantry base saying soldiers are not allowed to go anywhere and saying you're either with us or not with us.

the captain is now tried for treason. ukraine's coast guard has removed all of its ships from the port here in the crimea region out to the black sea, although kiev says they're still representing ukrainian interests. you mentioned the ultimate you mean -- ultimatum. russia says that's rubbish, there's no ultimatum. there is no denial, however, that either the ukrainian infantry surrender or there will be a massive assault so a lot of confusion here. i can tell you one thing. in the motel where i'm staying, there was an obvious presence of russian troops but literally overnight, it's doubled, even quadrupled. they're patrolling the perimeter. one gentleman i saw this morning was standing on top of a water slide because it's basically a family resort here so the troops are multiplying. also reports of them digging

ditches. jon: wow. jessica, thank you. >> it was my pleasure. jenna: our president is issuing a stark warning to israel that time is running out. president said that if the israeli prime minister netanyahu doesn't sign a u.s. backed peace agreement, it could lead to serious questions down the road. the two leaders are set to meet at the white house over an hour from now and as the white house finds itself embroiled in an intense standoff with russia. former adviser to six secretaries of state and vice president of the wood row wilson center, nice to have you on the program. let's just start broadly and get more specific toward the israel issue. how does what's happening right now in ukraine and in russia impact any sort of decisions that we're making when it comes to the middle east? is there a connection? >> small powers study what big

powers do very carefully and russia is not a small power but it's standing up to the international community in a big way. so small powers pay attention. north koreans, iranians, syrians and the u.s. is in a tough spot on this one. in large part, because if vladmir putin wins, that is to say he continues to play a key role in the ukraine, russian allies, including the iranians and north koreans and the syrians involved if vladmir putin loses and it humiliated, he's going to be more ornery. netanyahu watches the whole situation understanding there are significant policy differences between jerusalem and washington both on iran and the peace process. but he also knows that it's extremely difficult, even -- i would be amazed if at a time when the united states can't

find a way to respond effectively to an american adversary, russia, how could it really bring any serious pressure to bear on a close american friend? i'm just confused. jenna: you're saying what's happening on the global scale, demeans our influence or per spis jaif abilities over netanyahu to bring him to the table for the peace talks and you've been part of the peace talks before. you've seen several rounds of this. do you think as the administration has said that this is the last opportunity, the greatest opportunity for peace? >> well, look. we're not talking about peace. we're talking about agreement on a piece of paper that allows the palestinians to negotiate for another year in an effort to see whether or not they could reach a comprehensive agreement that could lead to two states. we're a long way away from temporary on this one with

respect to peace. what i do think is that the administration, i think, stands a fair chance in part because they've been playing to a large degree in benjamin netanyahu's comfort zone on several of the key issues in these negotiations. i think the president's problem is not going to be so much with the israelis as it is with mr. abas who comes in the next 10 days. what i'm saying in the end, and this is really where we have begun, everybody says no to the u.s. these days. hamid karzai says no, vladmir putin says no, and even our friends, benjamin netanyahu and abas are an ally and a friend, says yes but. jenna: have you ever seen a time like this? >> you know, no. i work for half a dozen secretaries of state through several administrations. i mean, without putting too far a plan on it, the last effective

truly foreign effect we had was under george w. bush in part because they really could coordinate means. there was a cost for saying no to the united states. right now there is no cost. and for the great power, that's incredibly important. jenna: our conversations could go a lot longer but appreciate the time as always. thank you very much. >> thank you, jenna. jon: perhaps because of a lack of street cred, russia is standing its ground refusing to pull back troops. we'll look next at the media coverage of the crisis and the president's administration handling of the situation. how prosecutors plan to lay out their case in california next.

jenna: a jury selection is getting underway in the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law. the man was apparently al qaeda spokesman. he was charged with transpiring to kill americans after the 9/11 attacks. prosecutors have him sitting with osama bin laden and other leaders. he faces life in prison. kriep yies is -- jon: we watch russian troops invading the crimean expense la. question over the obama administration's response to the crisis. another editorial asking whether hawks and the obama administration actually agree on ukraine. joining us now for a discussion of the coverage, jim pinkerton, contributing writer for the

americany go zone and alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show, also a fox news contributor. let's get it underway, gentlemen. here is what that "the washington post" editorial says in its opening paragraph. for five years, president obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. it was a world in which the tide of water is receding, quoting a president there, and the united states could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. other leaders in the vision would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. invasions, brute force, great power, gains and shifting alliances. these were things of the past. so jim, the media are coming to a different point of view now? >> i think some are. "new york times" asked if obama tough enough and the "usa today" called it response late and

lame, unquote. i th media, not unlike what happened with jimmy carter in the late 1970's when the need a said, look. you know, carter is a great president because he's a democrat and then the russians, same guys, came and invaded afghanistan and sent sort of the world into a tail spin. i think the media have come to grips with that. some like "the washington post," you know, sticking up for the president say, well, of course, the vladmir putins made a mistake and now president obama has to explain to him how he made a big mistake but i think the country is concerned enough now that even the media have to take a second look at their favorite president. jon: how is that reset button going that was famously hit earlier in the obama administration? >> "the washington post" said that one of the reasons vladmir putin may feel he can go in to the ukraine at this point is because when he went in 2008, there were no consequences for going to georgia and so that's part of what "the washington

post" also said. "new york times" said that the president actually did the right thing by warning that if there's going to be a military incursion, that the international community will definitely be responsive to that and it was pointed out that this is vladmir putin's problem. why is it our role to be involved in what is an internal conflict or to him, it might be regarded as a potential civil war? we don't run the world nor should we. jon: part of this has to be seen through the lens of history. take a look at this clip from the most recent round of presidential debates. mitt romney versus barack obama. listen. >> when you were asked what is the biggest geo political threat facing russia, you said russia. not al qaeda but russia. the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> russia is a geo political foe. excuse me. it's a geo political foe and i

said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time examine time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. vladmir putin. jon: was mitt romney right? >> he was but president obama didn't say that it was not a threat. i'm not sure about those who have put the president down and called him weak. what do they expect him to do? they want war right now? president and vladmir putin spoke for 90 minutes over the weekend. as you just pointed out and just showed, john kerry about to go to kiev. i don't understand what those who are critical of the president now want. a more muscular reaction at this point? don't we want diplomacy to work? we don't want war. what's our role in that? we have to ask those questions. jon: we have to leave it there, jim pinkerton, alan colmes,

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jenna: moments ago john kerry making remarks on the ukraine. let's listen. >> there are challenges. i regret to say that russia in some of the challenges we're seeing right now in the ukraine, has put president on. there are challenges with respect to their mg forces and also their ability to trade. but we are committed firmly to

the direction that they've chosen for themselves and their government has expressed a desire to pursue. jenna: secretary kerry is talking to the country that sits by ukraine. the e.u. is calling an extraordinary summit to talk about how to address the situation in the ukraine. e.u. is really in an interesting spot here because they are the ones, the countries that make up the e.u., that could be impacted most if there was an agreement for sanction on russia. take a look at the markets if you can. let's pill up the big board today. i'll show you the dow as we can. i'm not going to be able to see it. what we've seen the last several hours is the dow trading lower by more than 200 points but also something interesting in reaction to the news in the ukraine is that oil prices are up and the question is whether or not we'll go forward with

sanctions on trade that would affect russia and potentially cause an impact or change to their actions so far in the ukraine. jon: markets all over the world rattled by this. jenna: one of the other things we're looking at, brand new video into the news room are these russian war games. vladmir putin has been looking at these. take a look at these in st. p e petersbu petersburg. we do know there are russian troops in the area. we do know that they've confronted some of the ukrainian military installations there but there's russian installations as well that have to do with the navy, russia's navy. we had previously reported to you that there was a deadline that russia had put to tell the ukrainians they're going to have to surrender to the russian forces on the ground. now we're hearing some conflicting reports, jon, about that and whether or not that actually is going to happen and the deadline of 10:00 p.m. tonight. jon: the ukrainian government only in power for a couple of

days after the president there fled the country. they were trying to set up a new pro western government. they had hired, if you will, a new navy chief in the crimean port and then the russians rolled in and said essentially resign, so that poor guy under the threat of force allied himself with the russians and he's now potentially facing charges from his home country, from the ukraine, but whether that would be enforced is an open question. obviously the russian troops so far as we know have not moved beyond the crimean peninsula there. the question is whether they might go farther north into the rest of ukraine. that's going to be the determining factor in whether this crisis escalates. we'll have more on this breaking news straight ahead. to gauge whether or not the projects will be done in a timely fashion and within budget. angie's list members can tell you which provider is the best in town.

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>> america's news headquarters starts right now. russia giving ucrannian forces an ultimatum surrender or face a "storm". i am alisyn camerota. >> and i'm bill hemmer. russia is now backing off that claim as forces go in crima. they will try to figure out what to do. secretary of state john kerry leaves for the region tonight. >> reporter: bill with all of the militarization here there is concerns about missteps. someone on one side or the other doing something stupid to trigger a conflict. and misspeaking is a problem. there were threats if